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Why The World should be eternally grateful to the Jewish People The Jewish people have been marginalised throughout history since their involvement in the death of Jesus, or Yeshua. (Yeshua is a Hebrew name that means "to deliver, save, or rescue" and is also the name of Jesus in Aramaic.) Can the international opprobrium that has been heaped on the Jewish community be justified? We suggest that it is wholly unwarranted, on the contrary we should be thanking the Jewish people, and be wholly understanding of their historic involvement in Jesus's death on the Cross, and show sympathy towards them as a result. They were in an unenviable position in that God chose them for this gruesome task, and therefore they had no choice but to carry it out. We are not claiming that the motives of the Jewish Religious leaders were admirable, as clearly according to Bible accounts they were not, rather they were motivated by wickedness in various guises, including jealousy. So why should society at large, certainly believers in Christ, feel indebted to the Jewish people? Christians believe that Jesus died on the Cross to provide us all with the Hope of Salvation. A remarkable and unique gift to mankind made possible by the unwitting action of the religious leaders, in particular Caiaphas the Jewish high priest in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. So, in conclusion, we should be eternally grateful to the Jewish People for , a) bringing Jesus into the World and caring for Him as a child. Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, was a young girl, probably only about 12 or 13 years old when the angel Gabriel came to her. She had recently become engaged to a carpenter named Joseph. Mary was an ordinary Jewish girl, looking forward to marriage. Suddenly her life changed forever. Mary's Song, Luke 1 verse 46: And Mary said, "My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me- holy is his name. 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors." b) unwittingly accomodating God's plan for our salvation. It is understandable why the Jewish Nation is hesitant about heralding Jesus as the Son of God. The relatively new organisation 'ONE FOR ISRAEL' acknowledges Yeshua as the Son of God. Let us hope 'One For Israel' continues to gather momentum in the years ahead, and that this brings a measure of peace and security to Israel and The Arab Nations. Our readers might wonder what any of this has to do with our cause which is to bring to the fore discoveries emanating from research in molecular biology which lend credence to the Creation account in the Bible. It is the Jewish Nation which has provided the World with the Christian Bible. We rest our case.  
Our ministry, ONE FOR ISRAEL, is a movement of Jewish and
Arab Israeli followers of Jesus with a commission to reach their country and the nations with the Gospel.
The cases against Caiaphas and Pontius Pilate Governor of Judea - excellent article
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